Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved the board of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).A statement Friday by Haruna R. Imrana, Director Communications office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation said the dissolution was “with immediate effect”
According to the statement “President Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) with immediate effect.
“The directive to that effect was conveyed in a letter signed today 26th June 2015 by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Barr.Danladi Kifasi. In it the President thanked members of the dissolved board for their services to the nation.
This dissolution may be a clear indication that the president will indeed make good his promise to overhaul the activities of the oil behemoth.
It is interesting that the president dissolved the board even before naming his regime’s cabinet.Nigerians expect further shake up in the days ahead.
